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LUCIUS M. LULL AND PHILANDER G.- BOWEN, 0F ALTOONA, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 80,193, dated July 21, 1858.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

IO ALL WHQM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, Lucius M. LULL and PHILANDER C. BOWEN, ot Altoona,in the county ot Knox, and in the State of Illinois, have' inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Wa shingl\Iachincs; and do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to tbe accompanying drawings, and to theletters of'reference marked thereon.

Iri the annexed drawings forming part of this specification-- Figure 1represents a front view ot' our invention, and

Figure 2 a. side sectional view of the same.

The nature ot' our invention consists inthe combination of a frame withconcave bottom, and provided with rollers, which frame is bung on spiralsprings and n. grooved cylinder.

To enable others skilled in the art to makeand use our invention, Wewilll proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A represent-s a wooden frame of suitable dimensions, in the bottom ofwhich is a bolt, B, to be fastened to a block, C. The ends ofthe block Care fastened by screws to the bottom of the tub or boxin which themachine is to .be used. D is a cylinder hung;r on an arbor which has itsbearings in the sides ofthe frame A, and turned by means of a crank.This cylinder D is grooved horizontally, as shown in tig. 1, except onits ends, where itis smooth to allow it to tit into the frame E, whichis made of wood, or other suitable material, and has a concave bottom,F, made of zinc or other metal to hold water. The sides of the frame Eare also protected with zincor other metal, which extends up between thecylinder D and frame A, to prevent the water in the bottom, F, fromrunning out on the sides. In the sides ofthe frame E, and close to theconcave bottom F, are horizontal rollers G G, to act in connection Withthe cylinder D, whenthe machine'is in use. The frame E is hung by armsII II extending through slots in the sides of frame A to spiral springsI I, which are fastened to frame A by screws or pins AJ J, and the lowerends attached to arms H. The springs I I are protected and held in theirplaces by means of round blocks K K inside of the springs, the lower endresting on the arms H H, and the upper end under the screw or pin J.

Having,` thus fully described our invention, what We claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement of the open frame A, provided with the screw-bolt B, towhich is connected the block C, with the frame E, concave bottom F,rollers G G, arms II H which are provided with pins K K, and spiralsprings I I, the whole being used with the-cylinder D, as and for lthepurpose herein set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing, we have hereunto set ourhands, this 6th day of April, 1868.

LUCIUS M. LULL, PHILANDER C.v BOWEN.

Witnesses S. T. GIBSON, V A. J. ANDERSON.

